Caller ID surfing

• US 8,838,569 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Suinno Oy
• Inventors: Vaananen, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US13/695,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 707706-707, 707/709, 707/732, 707733-734, 707/822, 709/201, 709/203, 709/213, 709/217
• US Class Current: 707/707
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/26 Devices for calling a subscriber H04M1/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of computer telephony integration, displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls. The best mode is considered to be the use of the invention with social media, such as Facebook, where the mobile station (30) searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The methods and arrangements allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. In other words the Desktop or screen automatically arranges itself to a state in which it is easiest to work during the call, using searches made based on call parameters, such as caller ID.

Claims

1. A mobile subscriber terminal comprising:

a screen;

one or more processing devices; and

a contacts directory software application executable by the one or more processing devices, a contacts directory entry of the contacts directory software application being displayed on the screen,

wherein the mobile subscriber terminal is configured to retrieve a social network page of a social network, the social network page being associated with the contacts directory entry, or retrieve data derived from the social network page, the social network page or the data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry being displayed with the contacts directory entry, and

the mobile subscriber terminal is configured to log onto the social network from time to time, or upon a command received from a user of the mobile subscriber terminal, and to update contact entries in the contacts directory software application from the social network with social network information.

2. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data to be associated with the contacts directory entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the contacts directory entry at the screen.

3. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a call log software application executable by the one or more processing devices, a call log entry of the call log software application being displayed on the screen,

wherein the social network page is associated with the call log entry, the social network page or the data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the call log entry is displayed with the call log entry.

4. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data to be associated with the call log entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the call log entry at the screen.

5. A telecommunication system, comprising:

a social network server; and

a mobile subscriber terminal comprising

a screen,

one or more processing devices, and

a contacts directory software application executable by the one or more processing devices, the screen being configured to display a contacts directory entry of the contacts directory software application,

wherein the mobile subscriber terminal is configured to retrieve a social network page of a social network, the social network page being associated with the contacts directory entry, or data derived from the social network page, the social network page or the data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry is displayed with the contacts directory entry, and

the mobile subscriber terminal is configured to log onto the social network from time to time, or upon a command received from a user of the mobile subscriber terminal, and to update contact entries in the contacts directory software application from the social network with social network information.

6. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data to be associated with the contacts directory entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the contacts directory entry at the screen.

7. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal further comprises a call log software application executable by the one or more processing devices, a call log entry of the call log software application being displayed on the screen, and

the social network page is associated with the call log entry, the social network page or the data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the call log entry is displayed with the call log entry.

8. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data to be associated with the call log entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the call log entry at the screen.

9. A software program product embodied in a non-transitory storage medium configured to cause one or more processing devices to execute a method, the method comprising:

displaying a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory software application on a screen of a mobile subscriber terminal;

retrieving a social network page of a social network, the social network page being associated with the contacts directory entry, or data derived from the social network page;

displaying the retrieved social network page or the retrieved data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry, with the contacts directory entry;

logging onto the social network from time to time, or upon a command received from a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and updating contact entries in the contacts directory software application from the social network with social network information.

10. The software program product as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

collecting the data to be associated with the contacts directory entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the contacts directory entry at the screen.

11. The software program product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal includes a call log software application, and

the method further comprises

displaying a call log entry of the call log software application on the screen, and

displaying the social network page or the data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the call log entry, with the call log entry of a party associated with the call log entry.

12. The software program product as claimed in claim 11, further comprising collecting the data to be associated with the call log entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the call log entry at the screen.

13. A method comprising:

displaying a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory software application on a screen of a mobile subscriber terminal, the contacts directory software application being provided at a software program product embodied in a non-transitory storage medium configured to cause one or more processing devices to execute the contacts directory software application;

retrieving a social network page of a social network, the social network page being associated with the contacts directory entry, or data derived from the social network page;

displaying the retrieved social network page or the retrieved data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry, with the contacts directory entry;

logging onto the social network from time to time, or upon a command received from a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and updating contact entries in the contacts directory software application from the social network with social network information.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

collecting the data to be associated with the contacts directory entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the contacts directory entry at the screen.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein a call log software application is provided at the software program product embodied in the non-transitory storage medium configured to cause the one or more processing devices to execute the call log software application, and

the method further comprises

displaying a call log entry of the call log software application on the screen, and

displaying the social network page or the data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the call log entry, with the call log entry of a party associated with the call log entry.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

collecting the data to be associated with the call log entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the call log entry at the screen.